Safety cage window



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C. T.:JAMES SAFETY GAGE WINDOW Filed July 15. 1929 n @mi 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 fl TTORNEK' Y Patented May 12, 19317. l

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CHARLES T. JAMES, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA SAFETY oAeE-wINDow Application led July 15,

This invention relates to a guard for a window such as is commonly employed in tellers, cashiers7 cages and the like for passage of valuables therethrough. Such openings as at present used present opportunity for robbery. The common practice of robbers is to threaten the clerk, cashier or teller within the cage by pointing av revolver at him through the window opening and causing him to shove money or valuables through the window opening to the robber. In some cases, it is possible for the robber to reach the valuables through the opening. It is a primary obj ect of this invention to provide a turnstile guard for the window opening which is equipped with upright walls serving as a closure for the opening and preventing insertion of a weapon therethrough as well as shutting od the interior of the cage from access by way of the opening. Another object of this invention is to provide a carrier rotatable with the turnstile kso that pockets or compartments are formed between the upright walls which compartments are revoluble to give access thereto either fr-om within or withoutthe cage but not from both sides.

A further object of this invention is to provide details of structure whereby a simple, durable and compact structure is obtained.

These objects together with other objects and corresponding accomplishments are obtained by means of the embodiment of my invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a fragment of a cage with my improved turnstile guard in position and shown partly in section7 and` Figs. 2, 3 and l are sections as seen on the lines correspondingly numbered.

Referring with more particularity to the drawings, a cage of conventional form is -marked 6. It will be understood that the term cage as used herein contemplates any structure wherein a clerk, teller, cashier or like handler of valuables, is separated from the public by a wall having a window opening for the passage therethrough of valuables. A table or shelf for the clerk to work thereon is marked 7. In the particular structure shown, a pane of bullet proof glass 8 is dis- 1929. servialnoaa'zagso. l j

posed `in front of the clerks position and mayl extend toy a height suiiicient to prevent a robber from reaching over the top. It will be understood that thecage maybe enclosed at the top if desired. The lower portion of the 55 cage below the table is closed by a wall in the conventional manner. It will be obvious that the cage may be constructed in any suitablepmanner so that an opening is provided, which opening is indicated generally by 9. ln the present instanceithetable has a semicircular'shelf like forward projection marked -a. A circularopening' is formed in the table at the opening and indicated by l0.

Y Mounted upon the floor 11 of the cageis o5 a socket 12 equipped withclamping screws for supportinga kpost lvfforming part of a column. A ball bearing 14 is mounted upon the top of the post and a vtubular extension 15'liou`ses a stub shaft. kMounted upon the 70 tubular-,extension by lmeans of threads is a bracket 16 having a-lange to which is secured ing race 18 tosupport the turnstile through an intermediate race 19. The race 19issecured toy the bottorn'circular wall 2O of the turnstile which serves as a rotatable carrier. 80 At the'centre of the carriery and in line with astubjshaft 21 is an upstanding central hub 227for the turnstile. "The particular hub shown is merely illustrative and designed for convenienceof assembly. Extending radially fromr the hubA are upright guard walls 2.3, Awhich are preferably formed of metal to resist bullets.` F our walls are shown but any suitable number may beused. Housing the turnstile is a casing consisting of the base 17 and diametrically opposed arcuate side wallsQLl.v `j U The top wall of the housin is formedv of circular sectors25, each sectorieing coeXtensive withadjacent upright walls, so that the interior of the' cage is separated `from the front at all times 'by the upright walls.

If a person is depositing valuables, he places them in a pocket or compartment formed between two of the upright walls and lo() resting upon the base 20v of the turnstile. The clerk Within the cage then rotates the turnstile to bring the compartment Within the cage and before him. The reverse operation is eiected when valuables are being paid out. It will be noted that at all times, two of the upright Walls serve as a cage separating the clerk from the public and by reason of the housing access to the interior ofthe turnstile in its rotation, a brake i'sprovidedj yall positions of said turnstile closing cage cannot be obtained, nor can a Weapon be thrust through the opening. Y Y

In order to provide for stoppage of the Which may be operated by the clerk. In the present instance this bra'kevis shown on a shaftfQG enclosed in asuitable cavity in the table and mounted in bearings. Shaft 26 enables turning a finger 27 so disposed that upon positioning the shaft at a predetermined angle, the finger Will rest against and frietionally engage the base 20 of the turnstile. An operating handle 28 ismounted upon ashaft in position for convenientoperation by the clerk.

Various mechanical eXpedients may be resorted to in chan ing the structure shown Without departing rom my invention. What I claim is 1. In a cage, afront Wall having an openv ing" for passage of valuables, a table atthe base of said opening; a turnstile rotatably disposed in said opening comprising upright Walls to close said openlng at all angular positions of said turnstile, and a base Wall rotatable with said upright Walls and serving as a rotary carrier for articles; and a housing for said turnstile disposed Within-said opening and-comprising a circular base mounted on said tableand diametrically opposed sectors including top and side Walls thereby at the space in front of said front Wall from that behind. i

2. In a cage, a fro-nt vvall having an open- L l ing for passage of valuables, ga table at the base yof said opening; an upright column, a turnstilejournalled on said column and rotatably `disposed in saidV opening, .said turnstile comprising upright Walls to close said opening at all angularpositions ofsaid turnstile,andva base Wall rotatable with said upright-Walls and serving as a rotary carrier for articles; a housing in said opening comprising a circular base mounted on said table and dlametrieally opposedsectors including f top Vand side Walls thereby at all positions of said turnstile closing the space in front said front Wall from that behind.

In Witness that I claimthe'foregoing I have hereunto'subscribed my name this 9th day of July, 1929.

' CHARLES T. JAMES. 

